Aaron Kofner

Journal Article

Jul 16, 2024

Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

This study of 1001 mental health treatment facilities found a small decline in offering telehealth and found larger declines in availability of audio-only telehealth services and care for comorbid alcohol use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article

Jun 12, 2024

Generosity of State Insurance Mandates and Growth in the Workforce for Autism Spectrum Disorder

We found mandate generosity was closely associated with the magnitude of increases in supply of board-certified behavioral analysts and--to a lesser extent--child psychiatrists.

Report

May 13, 2024

Medical staff are seen inside Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 2019, photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

The lack of transparency of prices in the health care market limits employers’ ability to knowledgeably develop or implement benefit design decisions. This report can be used to compare hospital prices using a single metric.

Journal Article

Feb 5, 2024

Availability of Mental Telehealth Services in the US

This cross-sectional secret shopper study of 1404 MHTFs conducted from December 2022 to March 2023 found that privately owned facilities with only outpatient services were most likely to offer telehealth services.

Journal Article

Nov 13, 2023

Telehealth Adoption by Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The study examined temporal and geographic trends in telehealth availability at U.S. behavioral health treatment facilities and risk factors for not offering telehealth.

Journal Article

Aug 11, 2023

Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022

This study investigated whether state-level policy changes from 2019 to 2022 were associated with the expansion of telehealth services at mental health treatment facilities throughout the US.

Journal Article

Jan 25, 2023

Patterns in Geographic Distribution of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the US and Accepted Forms of Payment From 2010 to 2021

Researchers analyzed data to determine what proportion of the national population had local geographic availability to a licensed SUD treatment facility that accepted Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, or cash.

Report

Nov 9, 2022

Col. Anthony L. Wilson congratulates Troopers after their successful completion of a spur ride, November 22, 2021, photo by SFC Gary Cooper/U.S. Army

Among Black Americans, Is Military Service Associated with Better Quality of Life?

RAND researchers examined the ways in which military service might be correlated with certain health, economic, and social outcomes for Black Americans and explored several factors that could be meaningful to their health and well-being.

Report

Sep 20, 2022

A senior man speaking to a young black woman as he conducts a door-to-door survey. Photo by adamkaz / Getty Images

2020 California Neighborhoods Count: Validation of U.S. Census Population Counts and Housing Characteristic Estimates Within California

In response to concerns about the accuracy of decennial census data, researchers conducted the California Neighborhoods Count to evaluate the accuracy of 2020 Census housing unit and population counts for a subset of California census blocks.

Report

Jun 23, 2022

Close up of people working together on pages of graphs and data, photo by BongkamThanyakij/Getty Images

Imputation of Race and Ethnicity in Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Data, 2015–2022 Open Enrollment Periods

This report presents the results of imputing race and ethnicity for HealthCare.gov Marketplace enrollees from 2015 through 2022 with an approach that uses surnames, first names, and residential addresses to estimate race and ethnicity.

Report

Jun 22, 2022

A man waits for the subway at the Times Square stop in New York, December 19, 2012, photo by Andrew Burton/Reuters

Availability and Accessibility of Mental Health Services in New York City

To advance policy strategy for addressing gaps in the mental health services system, RAND researchers investigate the availability and accessibility of mental health services in New York City.

Report

May 17, 2022

A hospital entrance, photo by DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

The lack of transparency of prices in the health care market limits the ability of employers to knowledgeably develop or implement benefit design decisions. This report is designed to allow an easy comparison of hospital prices using a single metric.

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Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Generosity of State Insurance Mandates and Growth in the Workforce for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Availability of Mental Telehealth Services in the US

Telehealth Adoption by Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022

Patterns in Geographic Distribution of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the US and Accepted Forms of Payment From 2010 to 2021

Among Black Americans, Is Military Service Associated with Better Quality of Life?

2020 California Neighborhoods Count: Validation of U.S. Census Population Counts and Housing Characteristic Estimates Within California

Imputation of Race and Ethnicity in Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Data, 2015–2022 Open Enrollment Periods

Availability and Accessibility of Mental Health Services in New York City

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

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